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Course title |
Seminar on Political Economy of East Asia |
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Semester |
111-1 |
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Designated for |
COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE |
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Instructor |
HSIN-WEI TANG |
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Curriculum Number |
PS5672 |
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Curriculum Identity Number |
322EU1900 |
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Class |
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Credits |
2.0 |
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Full/Half
Yr. |
Half |
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Required/
Elective |
Elective |
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Time |
Friday 3,4(10:20~12:10) |
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Remarks |
Restriction: juniors and beyond
The upper limit of the number of students: 20.
The upper limit of the number of non-majors: 10. |
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Course introduction video |
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Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning |
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning |
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Course Syllabus
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Course Description |
The subject of this course is to introduce East Asia and its political and economic foundation. For the purpose above, we divide this course into two parts. The first part introduces the developmental state models and conceptualizes state transformation in East Asia. The second part discusses the cases of state transformation in contemporary Asia. |
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Course Objective |
This course trains students to get acquainted with the principle of political economy. We expect students to develop knowledge about the dynamics of political economy in the course of East Asia's development. |
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Course Requirement |
1. Class discussion: 10%
2. Final exam: 50%
3. Group report in class 40%
*Class discussion is evaluated on an individual basis.
*For group report, students are required to form 7 groups and, on a group basis, give an in-class presentation on the paper assigned since week 5. In doing so, the assigned group shall do an oral presentation with PPT. The presentation shall be surrounding but not limited to the subject of the paper assigned. The group should also prepare two questions for the in-class discussion in the presentation.
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Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week) |
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Office Hours |
Appointment required. Note: Please make an appointment via email. |
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Designated reading |
Carroll, T., & Jarvis, D. S. 2017. Asia after the Developmental State: Disembedding Autonomy, eds. New York: Cambridge University Press.
He, Tian. 2021. The Political Economy of Developmental States in East Asia: South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. |
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References |
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Grading |
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No. |
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Explanations for the conditions |
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1. |
Class discussion |
10% |
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2. |
Final Exam |
50% |
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3. |
Group report in class |
40% |
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Adjustment methods for students |
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Teaching methods |
Provide students with flexible ways of attending courses |
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Assignment submission methods |
Written report replaces oral report, Individual presentation replace group presentation, Mutual agreement to present in other ways between students and instructors |
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Exam methods |
Written (oral) reports replace exams |
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Others |
Negotiated by both teachers and students |
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Week |
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Topic |
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Week 1 |
9/9 |
Mid-Moon Festival (Class in recess) |
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Week 2 |
9/16 |
Introduction
Yeung, H. W. C. (2017). Rethinking the East Asian Developmental State in its Historical Context: Finance, Geopolitics, and Bureaucracy. Area Development and Policy, 2(1), 1-23. |
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Week 3 |
9/23 |
Theoretic Perspective on East Asian Development
The textbook I, Ch.1; the textbook II, Ch.1 |
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Week 4 |
9/30 |
Developmental State and Neoliberal State
The textbook I, Ch.2-3
Wade, R. H. (2018). The Developmental State: Dead or Alive? Development and Change, 49(2), 518-546.
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Hayashi, S. (2010). The developmental state in the era of globalization: Beyond the Northeast Asian Model of political economy. The Pacific Review, 23(1), 45–69.
Hook, S. W., & Zhang, G. (1998). Japan’s Aid Policy since the Cold War: Rhetoric and reality. Asian Survey, 38(11), 1051–1066.
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Week 5 |
10/7 |
Flying Geese and Dependent Development
[Group Presentation 1]
The textbook I, Ch.4-5 |
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Week 6 |
10/14 |
Types of Authoritarian Developmentalism: Japan and China
[Group Presentation 2]
The textbook I, Ch.6-7
Chen, L., Naughton, B. (2017). A dynamic China model: The co-evolution of economics and politics in China. Journal of Contemporary China, 26 (103): 18-34.
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Beeson, M. (2009). Developmental states in East Asia: A comparison of the Japanese and Chinese experiences. Asia Perspective, 33(2), 5–39.
Nee, V., Opper, S., & Wong, S. (2007). Developmental State and Corporate Governance in China. Management and Organization Review, 3(01), 19–53.
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Week 7 |
10/21 |
State Transformation Cases: China and South Korea
[Group Presentation 3]
The textbook I, Ch.10, 13; the textbook II, Ch.2
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Week 8 |
10/28 |
State Transformation Cases: China and Vietnam
[Group Presentation 4]
The textbook I, Ch.11-12, 15 |
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Week 9 |
11/4 |
Speech: East Asia's Political Economy and Taiwan's Role
Guest Speaker: Ambassador Simon S. K. Tu |
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Week 10 |
11/11 |
State Transformation Cases: South Korea and Taiwan
[Group Presentation 5]
The textbook II, Ch.4.
Pirie, I. (2018). Korea and Taiwan: The Crisis of Investment-led Growth and the End of the Developmental State. Journal of Contemporary Asia, 48(1), 133-158.
Noble, G. W., & Ravenhill, J. (2000). The Good, the Bad and the Ugly? Korea, Taiwan and the Asian Financial Crisis. In G. W. Noble and J. Ravenhill (eds.) The Asian Financial Crisis and the Architecture of Global Finance, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 80–107.
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Week 11 |
11/18 |
Class Activity
Annual Conference of the Association of International Relations at National Chengchi University |
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Week 12 |
11/25 |
Sino-Japanese Competition for Economic Leadership in East Asia
[Group Presentation 6]
Jiang, Yang. (2019) Competitive partners in development financing: China and Japan expanding overseas infrastructure investment, The Pacific Review, 32(5): 778-808.
Yoshimatus, H. (2018). New dynamics in Sino-Japanese rivalry: Sustaining infrastructure development in Asia. Journal of Contemporary China, 27(113): 719-734.
Pavlićević, D., & Agatha Kratz, A. (2017). Implications of Sino-Japanese rivalry in highs peed railways for Southeast Asia. East Asia Policy, 09(02), 15–25.
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Ren, X. (2016). China as an institution-builder: the case of the AIIB. The Pacific Review, 29(3): 435-442.
Pavlićević, D., & Agatha Kratz, A. (2018). Testing the China Threat paradigm: China’s high-speed railway diplomacy in Southeast Asia. The Pacific Review, 31(2),151–168.
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Week 13 |
12/2 |
School Sports Day (Class in recess) |
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Week 14 |
12/9 |
Speech: Will China Be the Next Hegemon?
Guest Speaker: Dr. Wei-Hsiu Lin |
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Week 15 |
12/16 |
Conclusion and Lessons
[Group Presentation 7]
The textbook I, Ch.16; the textbook II, Ch.5 |
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Week 16 |
12/23 |
Final Exam |
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